The package includes in addition to a quick start guide (the only responds to the wiring) and a warranty booklet to find any additional notes or operating performance. For a power cord is 160 cm long, a 2-button USB mouse (cable: 180 cm) with Clickscrollrad, a full USB keyboard (cable 180 cm) in the small dimensions of 38.5 x 14 x 2.5 cm with still large buttons and two erectile columns for angling and relaxed entry at.
The Case / Housing:
With about 5 kg for the complete PC and excellent workmanship made of robust plastic sheet and give these two substances with no sharp edges a modern twist from who does not need to hide on or next to a desk. All controls such as connections / inputs are tight and there where they belong.
The Front:
At the top left, under the "Acer" logo always easily accessible, there is the on / off switch, while behind a plastic hinge panel concealed the DVD burner drive element is seated inserted vertically. This runs smoothly and quietly from the outside by lying keystroke as a. A Blu-ray drive can be retrofitted.
On the connectivity front, 1 SD card slot, 2 x USB (one USB 3.0) and 2 jacks for headphones / microphone.
2 front side recessed vents are discreetly attached (remove foil remember). On the housing side as the right of it are also found perforated surfaces to the heat generation inside auszuleiten.
The back:
Three connectors for the audio output (blue, green, red) can be found as seen from above. Among the RJ45 LAN Ethernet input and next to 2 x USB plus two further below. The operation of two monitors, for example. is made possible by a bit outdated VGA as modern HDMI port. Beautifully here: The distance VGA / HDMI is not to have sufficiently pay attention to the thickness of the connector.
Bottom right of the power cord connection and beside it a 5 x 5 cm small fan that barely audible makes his rounds even under full load.
The inner workings:
Two screws removed and pushed the side cover plate to the rear giving the interior of the "XC-605" free. The under warranty and because is not initially upgraded to /, one has to rely on the built-in PC components on the manufacturer, as well as the seal is not affected, get the warranty.
The 1 Terabyte comprehensive HDD hard drive is large sized but no SSD drive that usually works faster and can be retrofitted by an external to one of USBs or with connected. For rapid processing accruing data as graphical in nature in the office area a "Intel Pentium G3240" processor delivers with 3.1 GHz and 4 GB of RAM which can be expanded to 16 GB (so I am told are two slots provided for each of 8 GB Ram, one of them with the 4 GB is).
If one wants the next "Intel" graphics card an example. for playing tauglichere upgrade, you have to note the narrow housing dimensions as the already occupied slots. Although there are so-called "low profile" cards on the market, you have to invest in a necessarily more powerful power supply.
With "Windows 8.1 64 bit with Bing" there is a reliable and easy-to-now dominant operating system in the Acer Aspire "XC-605". The name "Bing" (Windows Engine) relates exclusively to wholesalers, where obstacles of change imposed on the system. Thus, the price remains because not too high royalties under what the end user would. Of course, this can re-install Internet Explorer by his favorite browser and his favorite search engine without any problems.
Conclusion:
Who this model of the "Acer Aspire XC-605" as office device, At length to the Internet use or for streaming, does nothing wrong here. The processor is fast, the hard drive is large in size. The small desktop PC runs quietly and always stable even at higher loads. The connectivity can be proud of and is intelligently incorporated at the front as back properly into neat housing. For this, the covert and therefore well protected DVD burner drive.
Only the player has to make due to the integrated graphics compromising what is still possible, taking account of upgrading. Equipped with a useful mouse-key combination (both from "Acer"), you can still get a reasonable price for 1 year, the belonging to Acer "McAfee Safe Life" -Sicherheitssoftware "on top.
